Recommended Reading

Congress is currently discussing abolishing — or, at least, reducing — the so-called "Death Tax."  It's actually an Estate Tax but its foes find it's easier to drum up opposition if they call it a "Death Tax."  They also argue, apparently wrongly, that it amounts to double-taxation.  If you've been led to believe it does, you need to read this piece by Michael Kinsley…which I suspect will be largely ignored by folks who don't want to deal with what it says and don't want to forego the "double-taxation" argument against the Death/Estate Tax.

While you're over at Slate, Jacob Weisberg — who shares with Mickey Kaus the record for the most correct predictions about what the Florida recounts would yield — has a nice "what we know, as of now" piece.  Since all parties are determined to spin every bit of data to their purpose, it's vital for us to keep track of what we really know, as opposed to what we want to know and — more importantly, what we don't.  Here's a link to that article.